Backyard Field Guide to Chickens (eBook)

Christine Heinrichs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
208 Seiten
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-5121-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Every common breed of chicken, organized into one information-packed guide. Fueled by the local and organic food movements, as well as a sea change in local ordinances, backyard chicken keeping is booming. Anyone who's decided to join the new wave of chicken keepers knows that the poultry breeds available are dizzying in their variety. Calm your anxiety with this book--a guide for backyard chicken keepers in search of chickens that best fit their needs.Each breed of chicken listed in the field guide is thoroughly described and is illustrated by color photos. The book tells you all about the bird, detailing each breed's particular usefulness, adaptation to climate, coloration, number of eggs typically laid, foraging ability, temperament, and unique qualities. There are fun facts about varieties of chickens, as well as information about color and comb varieties, rare breeds, classification, and hybrids.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Voyageur Field Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Voyageur Field Guides
• Zusatzinfo: 121 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: adult birds • American Bantam Association • American chickens • American Poultry Association • Asiatic chickens • backyard chicken keeping • backyard chickens • bantam chickens • Cackle Hatchery • chicken breeds • chicken characteristics • chicken combs • chicken coop • chicken field guide • chicken keepers • chicken qualities • chicken raisers • Chickens • chicken supplies • chicken traits • chicken trend • chicken varieties • Chicks • city chicken • clean legged chickens • colored Dorkings • combs • common chickens • Continental chickens • Cornish Rock hen • Cuckoo • Delaware hens • DIY • Dorkings • eat local • eggs • English chickens • feather legged chickens • fun facts about chickens • game classes • hen • Hens • history of poultry • Homestead • homesteaders • homesteading • hybrid chickens • Iowa Blues • keeping a chicken coop • Keeping chickens • keeping poultry • keeping rural chickens • Layers • laying eggs • Local food • local food movement • Mediterranean chickens • modern chicken hybrids • Norwegian Jaerhons • organic food • other standard breed chickens • Poultry • poultry breeds • Raising chickens • raising chicks • Rhode Island Red rooster • Rooster • roosters • Rose Comb • rose combs • rural chickens • Russian Orloffs • silver-gray combs • single comb chickens • Spanish Pendesencas • Swedish Flower Hens • types of chickens • unrecognized chicken breeds • urban chicken • urban chicken movement • urban farmer • Urban Farming
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-5121-X / 076035121X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-5121-5 / 9780760351215